Family economic stress, maternal and paternal support and adolescent distress
1990
Lempers, J.D. | Clark-Lempers, D.
The present investigated the effects of family economic stress on parental support and adolescent maladjustment in 622 9th through 12th graders in a Midwestern farm community. Economic stress had a direct effect on adolescent depressive symptoms, delinquency and drug use. The findings also indicated effect: increased stress was associated with lower paternal support for female, but not male adolescents, and lower paternal support for females was associated with higher distress.
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